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“Corrupt and authoritarian African dictators and presidents, who once plundered the continent with impunity, are now finding themselves in unfamiliar territory, having to answer to criminal charges, ranging from genocide and corruption to graft.”
Henry Basada following the conviction of Zambian president, Frederick Chiluba, on embezzlement charges.
The Toronto Star, Canada; 14 May 2007
"Fraud recycles the political dynasties and keeps them in power. It breeds generations of cheaters and manipulators, corrupt politicians, mediocre executives, bribe takers, absenteeism in Congress."
The Center for People Empowerment in Governance, a public policy center, wrote following the midterm elections in the Philippines.
Los Angeles Times, USA;14 May 2007
"Everybody has a number. Everybody is corruptible. I don't care who it is. It's just a matter of how much -- and how much they think they can get away with…You offer a kid 10 large (US $10,000), he's at least going to think about it."
Former gangster Henry Hill on point-shaving gambling schemes in college basketball.
USA Today, USA; 9 May 2007
"Money laundering falls under the category of fraud. No matter how much control we have, a fraud can still take place… What we are able to do is to minimise the risk of exposure by the bank to money laundering activities by our clients…For investment banking type of work, we have a choice. If we think the transaction proposed by the client has a high risk of money laundering activities, we will decline and walk away from the deal.”
Mohd Razlan Mohamed, director and co-head of investment banking at MIMB Investment Bank Bhd in Macau.
New Straits Times, Malaysia; 3 May 2007
"The spouses of government officials are also the targets of people offering bribes. (China’s) fight against corruption will focus not only on officials but also on their spouses."
Li Qiang, a procurator of the Beijing Procuratorate.
Xinhua General News Service, China; 18 April 2007
"[The Nigerian election was marked by] deplorable levels of violence and credible reports of gross malfeasance and vote rigging…[moreover] an analysis of the process by most international observers does not conform with what the Nigerian national election commission has reported.”
State Department spokesman Curtis Cooper in Washington.
The Los Angeles Times, USA; 24 April 2007
Election observers reported brazen fraud in at least two voting stations in Yenagoa (Nigeria), where they said very little voting went on. In one station where 500 people were registered to vote, more than 2000 votes were counted. In a second station, polling was over in just two hours and electoral officials issued round numbers for each party -- exactly 7000 votes for the ruling party, 2000 for one opposition party and 1000 each for two other parties.
The Australian; Australia, 23 April 2007